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Hunter Maritime Acquisition prices Nasdaq listing
Hunter Maritime Acquisition has announced the commencement of its initial public offering of 15m units at a price of $10.00…
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Europe
Euronav buys out Oak Maritime stake in a VLCC
Euronav has agreed to pay Oak Maritime $39m to take over the outstanding 50% it does not control in the…
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Europe
Car carrier fire in Antwerp
More firemen have been called in this morning to help douse the fire onboard the car carrier . The fire…
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Europe
CMB turns bearish on panamax boxships, sends 12-year-old twins for scrap
Belgium’s Bocimar has turned bearish about prospects for panamax container vessels, becoming the latest owner to scrap 12-year-old boxships. The…
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Europe
Saverys family back in the hunt for distressed assets
The Saverys family is in the hunt for bargains, lining up an IPO of a new company worth up to…
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Europe
Ebe continues aggressive hunt for modern bulkers
Antwerp-headquartered Ebe, led by Basile Aloy, has recently taken over 2016-built 61,000 dwt bulker Aquaprima from low key Monaco-based outfit Carras. No…
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Asia
Euronav orders suezmax pair at HHI after sealing Valero Energy charter
Belgium-headquartered Euronav has ordered a pair of ice class suezmax tankers at Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries. The order has been…
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Gas
Vopak may buy Exmar’s FRSU business
Exmar has revealed it is in discussions with bulk terminal operator Vopak, which is considering buying Exmar’s floating LNG storage…
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Asia
Keppel to build dredgers for Jan De Nul
Singapore-based shipyard Keppel Singmarine has won a S$100m ($73.6m) contract to build three trailing suction hopper dredger vessels (TSHD) for…
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Europe
Jan De Nul secures transport contract from DONG
Belgian company Jan De Nul Group has signed a contract with Dong Energy for the transport and installation of 36…
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Containers
Facebook video of Maersk-chartered boxship hitting Antwerp berth goes viral
Two days after it rammed a berth in Antwerp the Korean built , a 10,000 teu containership on long term…
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Europe
Tideway awarded offshore installation contract by DONG
Tideway, a subsidiary of the Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME, has announced that the company has been…
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Europe
Amadeus Amethist rocks Belgian bridge, loses accommodation block
A crewmember was taken to hospital last night after the general cargo vessel rammed into a bridge at Jzerlaan along…
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Dry Cargo
Ebe in for Daiichi Chuo cape
Embattled Daiichi Chuo continues to offload tonnage. The Japanese line, which declared bankruptcy last September, has just sold the capesize…
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Asia
Jan De Nul tipped to win massive Bangladeshi dredging contract
Bangladesh today takes a big step in making a name for itself on the map of south Asian megaports. The…
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Europe
Cosco Shipping to establish joint venture with Geosea
Cosco Shipping, the specialised vessel unit of China Cosco Shipping Group, is forming a joint venture with Belgian offshore wind…
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Europe
Belgian ports operating normally after attacks, Port of Dover steps up security
Security measures will be increased at the Port of Dover and other UK ports in the wake of bombings in…
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Europe
ICBC and Antwerp Port collaborate
Antwerp Port Authority has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) to…
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Europe
EC demands tax changes at ports in France, Belgium and the Netherlands
The European Commission has required the Netherlands to abolish an exemption from corporate tax for its six seaports so as…
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Europe
Euronav buys back its shares
Tanker operator Euronav has spent EUR4.8m ($5.2m) in buying back 500,000 of its own shares in seven different transactions made…
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